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      03-15-2013, 01:17 PM   #42
M3takesNYC
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Drives: m3
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For your convenience. I even did the gear mulplication for you for the first 2 gears. You can mulply it by each cars engine torque within the appropriate powerband to see the m3 puts down as much more more torque to the ground in its powerband than the lexus and therefore given the m3 weighs less has more torque in any gear within its powerband felt to the ground.

This is where placebo or misunderstanding of an engine torque number gets people to rave about high torque and not account for gearing and powerband

BMW M3 DCT
Gear / Ratio / Max Speed / RPM drop on upshift
1st 4.780 44 (gear mulplication factor of 15.2
2nd 2.933 71 5200 ( 9.25)
3rd 2.153 97 6200
4th 1.678 124 6500
5th 1.390 150 6900
6th 1.203 173 7300
7th 1.000 208 7000
Final Ratio 3.154
Redline 8400

ISF
1st-4.6 (gear mulplication factor of 13.5
2-2.72 (7,9)
3-1.86
4.1.46
FINAL-2.937
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